Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

TOI-2567 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) TOI-2567, located approximately 1,646.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 63.88 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.53 g
  • An orbital period of 5.984 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0672 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,352 K (1079 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,646.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.087
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,033,450 years

TOI-2567 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.975 R♃
Mass
63.88 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.201 M♃
Density
0.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.53 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.087
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1669of 1771

top 94.2%

This planet

10.93R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth TOI-2567 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0063.88317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.532.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00558.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 63.884 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 258920431

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2254929887069708160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2254929887069708160

System

TOI-2567

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.929 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1771
Mass 63.884 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 5.98 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1533
Distance 504.78 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.087 · percentile 21 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.984 days
Semi-major axis
0.0672 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.98 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0672 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.354 %

Duration

5.458 h

Impact parameter b

0.260

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,459,007.7809

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,537 ppm lasting ≈ 5.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.640

Impact parameter (b)

0.260

RV semi-amplitude (K)

20.600 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,459,007.7809

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13300

Eq. Temperature

1,352K

(1079 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

558.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.087

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Yee et al. 2022

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2022-08

Observation locale

Space

Host System: TOI-2567

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,611 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.60 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.686 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.130 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.24

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.044 dex

Stellar density

0.340 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
504.78 parsec
Light-years 1,646.35 ly
V-band magnitude
12.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,033,450 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

9.014.314.30B12.30V12.22Gaia11.75TESS11.12J10.76H10.72K10.66W110.71W210.63W39.02W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.952 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.317 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-17.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.127 · y = -0.381 · z = 0.916

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.46567° · Dec 66.34794°

Galactic ℓ, b

97.326° · 22.507°

Ecliptic λ, β

6.834° · 82.647°

HTM-20 index

-1949740780

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